dk@sal.UUCP (Danny Kohn) (03/08/86)
My RedRyder 7.0 crashes when I use it togehter with my updated Mac+ system. Does anyone know any way to fix this problem? I am (was) using RR very much (I have a license) and it really disturbs me that it is not working anymore. Is there maybe a new version coming soon? Love Danny
halff@utah-cs.UUCP (Henry M. Halff) (03/08/86)
In article <588@sal.UUCP>, dk@sal.UUCP (Danny Kohn) writes: > My RedRyder 7.0 crashes when I use it togehter with my updated > Mac+ system. Does anyone know any way to fix this problem? Version 8.0 does work with the Mac+. It is only available to registered owners at this point, and can only be found on the private roundtable, for registered users only, on GENIE (GE's nationwide timesharing service). On April 3 it will be released to the public. Don't ask how a registered owner can get it without getting on GENIE; we don't know the answer to that question. DISCLAIMER: We don't have any affiliation with Freesoft company or with GENIE. -- Henry M. Halff Halff Resources, Inc. halff@utah-cs.ARPA 4918 33rd Road, N., Arlington, VA 22207
hammen@puff.UUCP (Zaphod Beeblebrox) (03/09/86)
In article <588@sal.UUCP>, dk@sal.UUCP (Danny Kohn) writes: > My RedRyder 7.0 crashes when I use it togehter with my updated > Mac+ system. Does anyone know any way to fix this problem? > > I am (was) using RR very much (I have a license) and it really > disturbs me that it is not working anymore. > > Is there maybe a new version coming soon? > > Love Danny At last, there is a new Red Ryder, version 8.0. Registered owners should be receiving their copy of it within the next two weeks. Included with Red Ryder 8.0 is a copy of Scott Watson's new BBS software, Red Ryder Host (formerlycalled Lazarus). It also includes free time on GEnie, a new electronic network. Watson has discontinued his BBS and now uses GEnie to support Red. Here is some info I got off of the Montgomery County XL BBS (713)353-9391. Msg. #108 in **PUBLIC MESSAGES** Posted on 03/07/86 at 04:22:30 To: ALL From: SCOTT WATSON Subject: Them Missouri Potatoes Have Ears! Yeah, you wouldn't believe what my phone bills are every month either. Want to compare? To paraphrase what Brian announced earlier, Red Ryder 8.0 _is_ shareware, but Red Ryder Host isn't. Here's the poop: I'm putting a 30-day copy moratorium on Red Ryder 8.0 to make sure all the registered users can update and begin using it before anyone else. Fair enough, right? Red Ryder Host is one of the many perks of registration (not to mention such things as a _free_ GEnie subscription), and only registered Red Ryder users can obtain and use Red Ryder Host. Forty bucks buys you one hell of a software product, starting now. S.W. Msg. #109 in **PUBLIC MESSAGES** Posted on 03/07/86 at 04:32:04 To: SYSTEM OPERATOR From: SCOTT WATSON Subject: Throughput Roger, you may in fact connect your Mac's serial port directly using a baud rate of 57,600, but you ain't gonna achieve anywhere near that. The reason is that the QuickDraw character drawing routines get CPU bound at 300 cps (3000 baud approx). You can't achieve an actual throughput greater than that. But that's not the hardest part. Where you _really_ get the slowdown is in processing carriage returns. Red Ryder has not up to this point been really directed to the direct-connect applications for terminal use (I use it just to send XMODEM at 9600 baud - what a gas!), but that's changing rapidly. What's in the works for version 9.0 are the following priorities: A) Much improved throughput: I want that sucker running 4800 baud with no buffering (480 cps). Yes I know that means bypassing the "unbelievably fast" QuickDraw, but if you don't need the fancy italics, outlining, shadowing, scaling, etc. features of QuickDraw, you can get around it's limits. A great deal of pain, for sure. My advice - stay the hell away from the last couple of pages in the QuickDraw manual on customized routines if you want to keep your sanity. B) A major overhaul of the Procedure language. What I've got mapped out will put CrossTalk and MicroSoft Access to shame. With a conversion utility for old Red Ryder Procedure files, of course. C) Nautilus. I call it that because it's a pretty shell. If you know what I'm talking about, you'll get a real kick out of this. Keep the comments coming! S.W. I find it interesting to see where Red Ryder / Red Ryder Host are headed. Robert J. Hammen {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!uwvax!puff!hammen Manta Software Corp. !gumby!hammen U. of Wisc. CS Dept. hammen@PUFF.WISC.EDU, hammen@GUMBY.WISC.EDU U. of Wisc. Plasma Physics Dept.
mlr0@bunny.UUCP (03/09/86)
> My RedRyder 7.0 crashes when I use it togehter with my updated > Mac+ system. Does anyone know any way to fix this problem? > > I am (was) using RR very much (I have a license) and it really > disturbs me that it is not working anymore. > > Is there maybe a new version coming soon? > Red Ryder V7.0 will not work properly on the Mac+. According to a message on the CompuServe Mac user SIG, V8.0 is available now to all registered owners along with a copy of Red Ryder Host which is a BBS for the Mac.